Steinhorst (Lauenburg)

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Country:	Germany
Steinhorst

Coordinates:	53° 44′ N, 10° 28′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	Schleswig-Holstein
District:	Lauenburg
Municipial association:	Sandesneben
Mayor:	Heinz-Peter Strunck
Basic Statistics
Area:	16.37 km² (6 sq.mi.)
Population:	554 (30 June 2005)
- Density:	34 /km² (88 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	63 m (207 ft)
Further Information
Postal code:	23847
Area code:	04536
Licence plate code:	RZ
Website:	www.amt-sandesneben.de

Steinhorst (which roughly translates as Stone Refuge) is a small municipality in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein. It belongs to Amt Sandesneben.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Other
4 External links

[edit] Geography

The municipality size amounts to 16.37 km². Of it 5.8 km² is forest, and 8.2 km² is agricultural land, which are ordered by 2 circle domains and 1 agricultural enterprise. In the forest is the Wehrenteich (in English, weir pond), which has a surface of 220,000 square metres.

[edit] History

1315 The first recorded mention of Steinhorst.
1691 bought Magnus v. Wedderkop Steinhorst.
1739 gave Gottfried up v. Wedderkop Steinhorst.
1928 Steinhorst became an independent political municipality.

[edit] Other

Also Steinhorst possesses a freiwillige fire-brigade. The number of active members amounted to, at the end of 2004, 29 members. The employment vehicle is a LF8 with a festinstallierten delete foam plant, which is pressurized by means of air bottle and is thus ready for use. The mayor of the municipality, Heinz-Peter Strunck, has been in office for 27 years.

In addition stone refuge is well-known for its legendary Scheunenfeten, which always attracts several thousand visitors. In addition once in the year GIANTS a Stoppelfete between Steinhorst and Schiphorst takes place, where itself more than 5000 visitors tummeln. You find the photos under www.top-disco-show.de